Guinea held a presidential vote after the Guinea coup 2021 removed Alpha Condé and placed the military at the centre of power. This poll sits inside a wider Guinea political transition that has moved slowly, with promises of civilian rule meeting hard, practical politics. In Pakistan, editors tracking West Africa political news say the vote […]
Seven people including a child died on the spot on Monday in a road accident involving a lorry ferrying sugarcane and two other vehicles on the Kisumu-Busia highway. Kisumu county police commander Ransom Lolmondoni said the 4pm incident at Kisian junction killed five women, a man and a male child. He said the truck from […]
Nairobi City Stars striker Ezekiel Odera regrets signing for Kenya Premier League giants Gor Mahia in 2011. He said the allure of joining K’Ogalo was too good to turn down but regrets he should have remained at KCB where he scored 10 goals in his debut season in the top tier league. “Being the young […]
More than 900 undocumented migrants from Southern African countries were deported to their original nations last week, said a South African official on Monday. Bongani Bongo, chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs of Parliament, revealed this during a visit to the Lindela Repatriation Center for undocumented migrants in Gauteng. The visit came after […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has maintained that it has not issued 5G license to any operator in the country. The Commission in a statement on Monday signed by the Director of Public Affairs, Mr. Henry Nkemadu was reacting to a statement making rounds in the social media sites that the Nigerian Telecoms industry is […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the presidential task force on COVID-19 to pick up COVID-Organics, Madagascar’s self-proclaimed, plant-based “remedy” for coronavirus. We reports that the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, broke the news at the daily briefing of the task force, which he heads on Monday, May 11. He said […]
President of Madagascar Andry Rajoelina has delivered a scathing verdict of persons increasingly speaking against the country’s purported traditional cure for COVID-19. In an interview with KnowAfrika, Rajoelina said his country will continue to administer and develop the cure which according to him accounts for majority of its virus recoveries. “We have 171 cases, including […]
Controversial Nollywood actor, Uche Maduagwu has once again shown his allegiance to BBNaija reality star, Tacha. In a recent post on his Instagram, Uche Maduagwu said that Tacha is the only Ex-BBNaija housemate who is not a local champion. He says Tacha is born to shine with her natural body. Maduagwu alleges that the gods […]
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga is expected to announce this week when schools will officially reopen. After consultations with various stakeholders, Motshekga has promised to brief the nation on Thursday, her department said in a statement. Motshekga is expected to provide details of the final dates and detailed plans for the phased approach to the […]
The United Nations said three peacekeepers from Chad were killed and four others seriously injured Sunday in attacks against a U.N. convoy in northern Mali using improvised explosive devices. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the attacks near Aguelhok in the Kidal region, which may constitute war crimes under international law. The […]
Falling fuel prices and collapsing demand are likely to outweigh the effects of a weaker rand, and could push consumer inflation towards 17-year lows, according to investment bank BNP Paribas. BNP Paribas sees inflation averaging just 2.8% this year — below the SA Reserve Bank’s target range of between 3% and 6% — leaving the […]
A Tunisian non-governmental organization, NGO, Sustainable Food Bank; is distributing food supplies to families adversely impacted by ongoing COVID-19 restrictions. The NGO has set up a food bank which distributes aid by SMS to some 300 families. The long awaited initiative, was finally launched at the end of April to coincide with the beginning of […]
The Ministry of Health and Child Care didi not a single COVID-19 positive case on all 270 rapid screening tests and 279 PCR tests conducted in Harare on Sunday. Therefore, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases remain at 36 including 9 recoveries and 4 deaths. In its coronavirus (COVID-19) update for 10 May 2020 […]
US Vice-President Mike Pence is self-isolating after an aide tested positive for the coronavirus last week. A Trump administration official said Mr Pence was voluntarily limiting his exposure and would work from home. He has repeatedly tested negative for COVID-19 since his exposure but is following the advice of medical officials. Mr Pence’s spokeswoman Katie […]
A worker at a fish-processing factory in Ghana’s Atlantic seafront city of Tema infected 533 other workers at the facility with the coronavirus, Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo said in a broadcast late on Sunday. Ghana’s health authorities reported the outbreak at the industrial facility late on Friday, but did not provide details. “All 533 persons […]
Nigeria Football Federation President, Amaju Pinnick has disclosed that the federation appointed Joseph Yobo as assistant coach of the Eagles to prepare for a future role of the team’s manager. Pinnick noted at the weekend that the leadership role displayed by Yobo when he was the captain of the Eagles motivated the NFF to appoint […]
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu yesterday disclosed that 21 more COVID-19 patients; 4 females and 17 males, all Nigerians, had been discharged from the state isolation centres. He said the patients were discharged having fully recovered and tested negative to COVID-19 in two consecutive test readings. “With this, the total number of cases successfully managed […]
Several schools and colleges in Harare have been turned into isolation centres to hold hundreds of Zimbabweans who are returning from neighbouring countries and further afield. Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Clifford Motera revealed that they had prepared a number of quarantine centres around the capital. He said: […]
A UN humanitarian affairs body in the Central African Republic has condemned increasing attacks on civilians and humanitarian organizations in the northeastern part of the country. In a statement published late on Saturday, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said it recorded 10 attacks over the past nine days in the […]
